Every year about this time I make a mix of songs and send it to a few friends. It is not a “best of the year” compilation, or a holiday-oriented compilation, or a themed compilation in general. It just includes songs I like. Here they are:
Christmas Is — Run-DMC
1 Thing — Amerie
The Underdog — Spoon
Freaks! Freaks! — Pigeon John
Sonido Total — The Pinker Tones
Digital Love — Daft Punk
Maybe You Can Owe Me — Architecture in Helsinki (no good clips on Youtube)
Brother — Annuals
Hot Soft Light — The Hold Steady
Napoleon Says — Phoenix
Keep the Car Running — Arcade Fire
Fake Empire — The National
Liza — Wrinkle Neck Mules (link is to an mp3)
The Opposite of Hallelujah — Jens Lekman
The National Side — Romantica
So Long, So Lonesome — Explosions in the Sky
Bird Never Flies — Ari Hest
Dopo la Vittoria — Arvo Pärt (translation here)